Melanoides admirabilis

Melanoides admirabilis
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Melanoides
Species:	M. admirabilis
Binomial name
	Melanoides admirabilis; (E. A. Smith, 1880)[2]
Synonyms
	Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis Smith, 1880[2]

Melanoides admirabilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

Nicayenzi, F.; Ngereza, C. (2010). "Melanoides admirabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44261A10869389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44261A10869389.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 427.

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